Coronavirus updates: Kansas jumps 406 cases, five deaths from COVID-19 over weekend

State public health officials reported 406 new coronavirus cases and five more deaths from COVID-19 over the weekend.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s coronavirus pandemic report for Monday showed increases of 406 new cases, 21 more hospitalizations, an additional five deaths and 6,958 more negative tests for COVID-19. The increases are from the last KDHE report, which came out on Friday.

The state health department reported 12,465 cases have been identified in 92 of the state’s 105 counties. One new county was added to the list on Monday.

In the Wichita area, Sedgwick County has 892 cases, Reno County has 63, Cowley County has 59, Butler County has 51, Harvey County has 19 and Sumner County has 10, according to the KDHE.

The Sedgwick County Health Department reported 896 cases on Monday, an increase of 14 from Sunday. Discrepancies in the case count can be due to delays in reporting between the state and local agencies, officials have said.

There were 32 new recoveries and no new deaths in Sedgwick County, so the active case county decreased by 18. There have now been 595 recoveries and 25 deaths. There are 276 active cases.

The number of active cases has been rising since all restrictions on the economy were lifted. Though the county’s numbers show a decrease in active cases, their accompanying graph shows active cases increased.

The state does not report recoveries or active cases.

The state’s reopen Kansas metric for disease spread shows the daily rate of new cases is worsening in Kansas and in Sedgwick County.

Kansas coronavirus patients range in age from infant to 103 years old. The median is 40 and the average is 42. The youngest person to die with COVID-19 in Kansas was 29 years old. The oldest was 99 and the median age is 79.

The 21 new hospitalizations over the weekend brought the state’s total to 1,056. Intensive care units have admitted 342 patients, and 149 patients have required mechanical ventilation. There have been 722 patients discharged.

Sedgwick County reports hospitalization data weekly. On Sunday, there were 24 patients currently hospitalized. There had been 126 hospital admissions and 102 discharges. The 24 people hospitalized at the end of last week is the most since the pandemic hit the Wichita area.

Sedgwick County on Monday reported 24,407 residents have been tested, an increase of 316. The rolling 14-day average of positive test percentage increased from 3.37% on Saturday to 3.97% on Sunday.

The KDHE reported 21,888 people have been tested in Sedgwick County and the local testing rate is 42.4 people per 1,000 population. Only one of the 13 counties with at least 100 confirmed cases has has a lower testing rate — Riley County, which broke 100 cases over the weekend.

Of the 13 counties with at least 100 cases, five have more than 1,000 cases.

The state health department reported that Wyandotte County has 1,934 cases and a testing rate of 77.9. Ford County has 1,926 cases and a testing rate of 184.5. Finney County has 1,523 cases and a testing rate of 101.4. Johnson County has 1,310 cases and a testing rate of 61.5. Leavenworth County has 1,130 cases and a testing rate of 80.7.

Seward County has 935 cases and a testing rate of 133.2. Shawnee County has 515 cases and a testing rate of 64.4. Lyon County has 479 cases and a testing rate of 66.2. Crawford County has 192 cases and a testing rate of 60. Riley County has 124 cases and a testing rate of 32.8. Jackson County has 104 cases and a testing rate of 71.9. Douglas County has 103 cases and a testing rate of 43.

Clusters account about three-quarters of deaths and nearly half of all cases in the state. With nine new outbreaks identified over the weekend, there have been 187 clusters in the state. Of those, 96 are active and 91 are closed.

Meatpacking plant outbreaks alone account for about a quarter of cases in the state. The 12 meatpacking plant clusters have infected 3,088 people and killed 16.

Nursing home clusters are responsible for a little over half of all deaths in the state. The 48 clusters at long-term care facilities account for 880 cases and 146 deaths.

A little less than half of all outbreaks have been at private businesses. The 85 clusters from private industry have infected 694 people and are responsible for six deaths.

There have been four clusters at correctional facilities, accounting for 1,027 cases and seven deaths. There have been three outbreaks with 11 cases at schools or daycares. There have been outbreaks at 20 gatherings, including religious institutions, infecting 210 people and killing 14. Group living situations account for eight clusters with 64 cases and three deaths. Health care facilities have had seven outbreaks with 59 cases.

No new clusters were reported in Sedgwick County, where 13 clusters have been identified.

Most racial and ethnic minorities continue to be disproportionately affected by the virus and its disease, KDHE statistics show.

Race data is available in about 83% of cases. White people have a case rate of about 314 per 100,000 population. That rate is about 535 for Blacks, about 131 for Native Americans, about 682 for Asians and about 439 for all other races combined.

Ethnicity information is available in about 84% of cases. Hispanics have a case rate of 15.5 per 100,000 people. The case rate for all other ethnicities is 1.97.